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UCLA Back on Track, Stops USC

Bruins turn around and take much-needed 56-46 win

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 18, 2008 3:59 AM CST
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(Newser) – Luc Richard Mbah a Moute is back for UCLA, and so was the Bruins' confidence in last night's 56-46 defeat of cross-town rival USC. Mbah a Moute's 10 points and boards supplemented Darren Collison's 14 points and Kevin Love's fifteenth double-double (13 points, 11 rebounds) this season. No. 6 UCLA remains a half game ahead of Stanford, AP reports.

The Trojans, who earlier this season were one of the three teams able to take down UCLA, couldn't pull it together this time. Taj Gibson had 16 points and 12 boards, and Dwight Lewis added another 16, but OJ Mayo got an elbow to the mouth and not much else (4 points and 9 rebounds), while giving away 10 turnovers.

UCLA's Darren Collison, right, drives past Southern Cal's Angelo Johnson during the second half of the college basketball game in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Darren Collison scored 14 points as No. 6 UCLA defeated Southern California 56-46 Sunday night to remain atop the Pac-10 standings by a half-game....
UCLA's Darren Collison, right, drives past Southern Cal's Angelo Johnson during the second half of the college basketball game in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Darren Collison scored 14 points as...   (Associated Press)
UCLA's Russell Westbrook, left, has the ball knocked out of his hand by Southern Cal's O.J. Mayo during the second half of the college basketball game in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. No. 6 UCLA defeated Southern California 56-46 Sunday night to remain atop the Pac-10 standings by...
UCLA's Russell Westbrook, left, has the ball knocked out of his hand by Southern Cal's O.J. Mayo during the second half of the college basketball game in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. No. 6 UCLA...   (Associated Press)
UCLA's Kevin Love, left, and Luc Richard Mbah A Moute defend against Southern Cal's Dwight Lewis, center, during the second half of the college basketball game in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. No. 6 UCLA defeated Southern California 56-46 Sunday night to remain atop the Pac-10 standings by a...
UCLA's Kevin Love, left, and Luc Richard Mbah A Moute defend against Southern Cal's Dwight Lewis, center, during the second half of the college basketball game in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. No....   (Associated Press)
UCLA's Kevin Love, right, reaches to recover the ball after it was stolen from Southern Cal's O.J. Mayo, left, during the first half of the college basketball game in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
UCLA's Kevin Love, right, reaches to recover the ball after it was stolen from Southern Cal's O.J. Mayo, left, during the first half of the college basketball game in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 17,...   (Associated Press)
Southern Cal's Taj Gibson, left, looks to pass the ball under pressure from UCLA's Alfred Aboya (12) during the first half of the college basketball game in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Southern Cal's Taj Gibson, left, looks to pass the ball under pressure from UCLA's Alfred Aboya (12) during the first half of the college basketball game in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork...   (Associated Press)
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